[1] The Courage in Journalism Award, awarded annually since 1990, recognizes women who write from dangerous areas.
The Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award, awarded annually since 2015, is named after Anja Niedringhaus, the photojournalist killed in Afghanistan during the 2014 Afghan presidential election.
It is named in honor of the memory of PBS Newshour co-anchor Gwen Ifill.
It "brings attention to women journalists who are detained, jailed or imprisoned".
[23] It is named after the American philanthropist Wallis Annenberg.